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1. A method of performing a machine type communication in a wireless communication, the method comprising: at a base station, performing a frequency hopping on system information, control information and data, wherein the frequency hopping is performed using a frequency hopping pattern, wherein the system information on which the frequency hopping is performed excludes a Master Information Block (MIB), wherein a granularity for the frequency hopping pattern varies according to a coverage level, wherein when the granularity for the frequency hopping pattern is set as a common value, wherein the common value varies according to the coverage level, and wherein a repetition level used for the frequency hopping varies according to the coverage level, wherein, when the common value is variable according to the coverage level, the common value is transmitted to a Machine Type Communication (MTC) terminal or an MTC device via a System Information Block (SIB) message.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the system information, the control information and the data are transmitted using the frequency hopping pattern between narrow bands, the narrow bands being less than the system bandwidth and larger than or equal to 1 Physical Resource Block (PRB).
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the frequency hopping pattern is generated or determined by using a combination of a cell identifier (ID), a system frame number and a subframe index.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the frequency hopping pattern is transmitted using a persistent scheduling or a semi-persistent scheduling to a Machine Type Communication (MTC) terminal or an MTC device.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the frequency hopping is not performed on a Primary Synchronization Signal (PSS) and a Secondary Synchronization Signal (SSS) for a synchronization, and a Physical Broadcast Channel (PBCH) carrying the system information.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the frequency hopping is performed at a specific narrow band set.
7. The method of claim 6 , wherein, when a time division duplex (TDD) transmission scheme is applied, an identical set of narrow bands is used for an uplink transmission and a downlink transmission.
8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the granularity for the frequency hopping pattern is one of the common value, multiple values, and a variable value.
9. The method of claim 1 , wherein when the granularity for the frequency hopping pattern is set as the variable value, the granularity for the frequency hopping pattern is determined based on at least one of a repetition number and a number of narrow bands used for the frequency hopping.
10. The method of claim 1 , wherein a plurality of classes is divided according to a degree of coverage enhancement support of a Machine Type Communication (MTC) terminal or an MTC device, and the frequency hopping is performed differently depending upon each of the plurality of the classes of the MTC terminal or the MTC device.
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May 16, 2017
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